Chapter 4: Are You Out of Your Mind?

Upstairs, Fu Jingchen pulled Jiang Yuman directly into the room and slammed the door shut.

“What are you doing?” As soon as they entered the room, Jiang Yuman said, “Let go of me.”

Fu Jingchen not only didn’t let go but tightened his grip, pulling her closer. Their faces were almost touching.

His gaze was rarely filled with such intensity, and he spoke each word with a forceful tone: “Jiang Yuman, are you out of your mind?”

Just thinking about her saying, in front of the whole family, that she was going to the countryside made a fire burn in his chest.

After marriage, she needed a car to pick her up wherever she went, and her biggest concern each day was choosing what clothes and skirts to wear, and where to go for fun.

How could someone like her endure the harsh life of the countryside?

Jiang Yuman wrinkled her nose and struggled against his firm grip on her wrist. “Let go, you’re hurting me!”

Fu Jingchen lowered his head and saw that, indeed, her fair wrist was bruised and red. Without thinking, he instinctively loosened his grip.

But just thinking about what Jiang Yuman had said earlier, a thick layer of coldness still hung on his face.

After her wrist was freed, Jiang Yuman rubbed it where he had hurt her, quickly stepping back a step.

This man really lived up to being from the military; his strength was incredible!

“I don’t agree with you going to the countryside.”

Fu Jingchen took a deep breath and lowered his voice, “Do you think the countryside is some kind of paradise?”

From the beginning, their family only hoped she would keep the baby. They had never, ever expected her to stay in this family.

Let alone go to the countryside with them.

She couldn’t possibly handle it!

Fu Jingchen looked at Jiang Yuman in front of him.

From his angle, the woman in front of him had her lashes lowered, her gaze flickering before it grew steady and determined.

“But I don’t want to be alone.”

Jiang Yuman raised her head, looking him directly in the eyes. “I really didn’t want to go to the countryside before. I can’t do farm work, and I’m afraid of hardship.”

“That’s why I acted out, like a crazy person.”

“But as the time for going to the countryside approaches, I realized that what I’m most afraid of isn’t the hardship of going to the countryside, but being separated from all of you.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, the room fell into a brief, deep silence.

Jiang Yuman knew very well that her previous actions had hurt the Fu family deeply.

As her closest person, Fu Jingchen bore the brunt of it.

Her sudden change required a reasonable explanation.

She was someone with strong execution skills, and since she had already decided to live a good life with Fu Jingchen, she naturally had to do everything in her power to improve their relationship.

These words had a significant impact on Fu Jingchen.

At least, Jiang Yuman could clearly feel a gaze that felt as tangible as if it were physically on her.

In truth, after saying these words, she also felt a little anxious, unsure whether Fu Jingchen would believe her.

But after thinking about it carefully, considering how much the original host had bullied her way through the family, even if Fu Jingchen disagreed, she could still follow through with going to the countryside. He wouldn’t be able to stop her.

Thinking this way, her expression immediately became more natural.

Fu Jingchen withdrew his gaze, looking somewhat distracted.

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Yuman seized the opportunity once again: “And, with you by my side, you definitely won’t let me and the child suffer, right?”

It was still the same reasoning: a starving camel is still bigger than a horse.

In the storyline, after the Fu family went to the countryside, they didn’t live in a cow shed or do the most exhausting work like other reformers.

Because the Fu family had connections, their life in the countryside wasn’t much different from the average educated youth. Though the food and conditions weren’t as good as now, those kinds of days could be endured and passed through.

Moreover, she had arrived in time this time, unlike in the storyline where the Fu family was torn apart in anger.

The situation wouldn’t be worse than in the book; it would only be better.

Fu Jingchen looked at Jiang Yuman, unsure of how to respond.

The heart of a woman is like a needle at the bottom of the sea. At that moment, Fu Jingchen really felt that this saying was accurate. Trying to understand a woman’s heart was far more difficult than trying to read the mind of a soldier.

He didn’t understand why she had suddenly changed her mind.

If she truly wanted what she said—living together as a family, having a good life—then of course, after going to the countryside, he wouldn’t let her suffer.

The problem was, could she really do it?

Thinking back to how she had mocked his promises more than once, for some inexplicable reason, Fu Jingchen didn’t speak.

Jiang Yuman seemed to guess what he was struggling with. “Husband, why aren’t you answering me?”

Hearing the title, Fu Jingchen looked at her, his expression becoming serious, and there was a hint of unease.

How could she… call him that so naturally?

He had never heard her address him like this before.

Jiang Yuman didn’t overthink it. Seeing that he wasn’t responding, she pulled on his arm and gave it a shake.

She was urging him for an answer.

“…If you can do it,” Fu Jingchen finally relented.

He looked at her with serious and deep black eyes and softly said, “Before we depart, you can change your mind at any time.”

He knew she was delicate, so he gave her the option to back out at any point.

“I won’t change my mind.” When she said this, Jiang Yuman’s gaze was so determined, as though she would never back down.

What a joke!

Endure hardship first, then enjoy sweetness. Why would she choose to suffer when she could comfortably enjoy life by Fu Jingchen’s side?

Besides, she didn’t even have to suffer…

She wouldn’t change her mind, not in this lifetime!

Of course… she couldn’t help but take a glance at Fu Jingchen: tall, with a superior bone structure, and even the folds of his deep-set eyes were perfect.

He was truly her ideal type.

Who would’ve thought that one day, after waking up, she would not only have a husband but even a baby growing inside her?

Since she was already in this situation, she might as well make peace with it.

Seeing Jiang Yuman respond so resolutely, Fu Jingchen clenched his fist at his side once again.

He told himself that he would trust her once more. Even if she had once sought the power of the

Fu family, now the Fu family was even weaker than her maternal family!

In this situation, she was willing to go to the countryside with him, endure hardship, and give birth to their child. How could he not be moved?

Thinking of the unfinished porridge earlier, he asked, “Are you hungry?”

“Hungry… huh?” Jiang Yuman gently rubbed her bulging belly and exclaimed in surprise, “The baby is hungry too, it kicked me!”

Before she transmigrated, she had been an innocent young woman, with no boyfriend, and had never known what it felt like to be pregnant.

Now, looking down at her belly, she could truly feel that there was a baby inside.

This feeling was incredibly strange.

Her long, curled eyelashes dropped as she touched her belly, and a small dimple appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Fu Jingchen looked at this beautiful scene, his dark eyes softening a little. “Then let’s go downstairs to eat.”

After speaking, he turned and opened the door.

Just as he was about to step out, he saw a hand reach out in front of him.

He looked up at Jiang Yuman, seemingly puzzled.

“Hold my hand.” Jiang Yuman looked at him, her expression determined.

Fu Jingchen paused for a moment, realizing that she probably wanted to show this to Fu Wangshan and his wife, so he took her hand.

At the same time, the few people at the dining table were absentmindedly eating.

When they heard movement coming from the stairs, they quickly turned to look.

Seeing the two of them walking downstairs hand in hand, everyone was stunned.

Especially Fu Haitang, her eyes nearly popped out in shock. “Mom, am I dreaming in broad daylight?”

“Why do I see that bad woman holding my brother’s hand?”